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- Title: Matter Ian Hunter Et Al. v. Frederick G. Compagni
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 28, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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Judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: In the first of these two consolidated proceedings, petitioners seek to invalidate the designating petition filed by respondent candidates for the positions of delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention from the Thirty Second Congressional District of New York. In the other proceeding, petitioners seek to have their own designating petition for the same positions validated. Objection to respondent candidates designating petition was based upon the fact that some of the petition sheets were altered after their authentication. The alteration consisted of inserting the following hand-stamped phrase directly above the signatures, "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year opposite my signature." Although this phrase is used on the form provided by statute for petition sheets (Election Law, § 6-132, subd 1), its omission has been held not to result in invalidation of the designating petition (Matter of Cairo v Harwood, 42 N.Y.2d 1098). We agree with Special [74 A.D.2d 1000 Page 1001]